All full-time lecturers from public and private universities are welcome to try DIKTI-NESO scholarshipto continue their study for doctoral program in Netherlands. The scholarship is given to candidates for a maximum of 36 months or 3 years, while for the fourth year will be funded by the university in Netherlands.

Requirements:

Permanent lecturers from public and private university

Has obtained a valid unconditional Letter of Acceptance from the targeted universities (preferably from university with good reputation based on the THES and Webometrics ranking)

Has obtained degree equivalent to Master Degree

Has an adequate English proficiency (TOEFL IBT 80, or min. IELTS 6.0), and or other introductory language used in the targeted university

Has already had an approved research proposal by the prospective supervisor (at least, the applicants should have been in correspondence with) from the targeted university

The age of the applicants should not be over 50 years old when applying

Applicants with marital status with the same scientific field are not allowed to apply at the same university and/or supervised by the same promotor

Applicants must download Form-AKhusus (DIKTI-NESO scholarship) from the website

All the following documents should be submitted to DIKTI:

Completed Form A Khusus(DIKTI-NESO)

Letter of Consent/Approval from the Rector/Head of the University where the applicant works at

Letter of Recommendation from local lecturer (Indonesia)

Letter of Approval from the Kopertis, only for those who work at the private university

Legalized copy of Bachelor’s and Master’s Diploma and Transcript

Testimonial/Supporting Letter that stated the applicant is a permanent lecturer

All the documents must be submitted to the following address:

DirektoratPendidikdanTenagaKependidikan

DirektoratJenderalPendidikanTinggi

Gedung D Lt. 5

Pintu 1 Senayan, Jl. JendralSudirman, Jakarta 10002

Meanwhile, the applicants must also maintain his/her correspondence with the prospective lecturersor supervisor in the Netherlands,so that,the applicants could immediately prepare the required documents.The documents which must be prepared by the university in Netherlands and sent to NESO Indonesia are:

Letter of Recommendation from the lecturers from the targeted university in the Netherlands

Unconditional acceptance letter from the targeted university in the Netherlands

Financial Guarantee Letter which officially issued by management division of the targeted university for the costs to be incurred in the fourth year of Doctoral Program that the candidate will undertake

Proof of English proficiency (minimum IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL iBT 80)

Research proposal, including the research plan (max. 5 pages)

Curriculum Vitae

The application deadline for submission is on December 31. Accepted candidates will be announced on March 2012. Departure preparations will be done onMay – July 2012, while the overseas study debriefing will be conducted on June to July 2012. The accepted students will depart around July –August 2012.